JFormDesigner Changes

• 3.1.3, 3.1.2, 3.1.1.1, 3.1.1, 3.1
• 3.0.5, 3.0.4.1, 3.0.4, 3.0.3, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0
• 2.0.5, 2.0.4, 2.0.3, 2.0.2, 2.0.1, 2.0
• 1.0.6, 1.0.5, 1.0.4, 1.0.3, 1.0.2, 1.0.1, 1.0

3.1.3

Bugs fixed

• Contents of custom dialogs/frames not shown in designer.
• Vista and Leopard dialog/frame borders in designer.
• "New Form" dialog did not remember the 'none' state for button bars in settings.
• Conversion from null layout to grid-based layout did not compute optimal column/row spans for multiple components.
• Clipboard: Paste frames/dialogs now always to the top-level.
• SpinnerDateModel editor did not show correct end date and changing end date was now always possible.
• CardLayout: Fixed NPE when trying to localize card name.
• Java code generator: Avoid unused import statements for FormLayout classes when using generation of explicit imports.
• Java code generator inserted unnecessary '}' at end of initComponents() in NetBeans 5.5+ generated .java files.
• Java code generator: Fixed possible wrong order of variables when using nested classes.
• Eclipse plug-in: Fixed occasional deadlock on opening forms when running Eclipse on Java 6.
• IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed occasional deadlock on running ANT build when running IntelliJ IDEA 7 on Java 6.

Other Changes

• Updated JRE 6.0 in Windows setup to JRE 6.0 Update 4.
• Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 14.

3.1.2

New Features

• Stand-alone edition: New icons for .jfd and .jfdproj files on Windows and Mac OS X.
• Mac OS X: Now using smaller fonts for palette, structure and properties views.

Bugs fixed

• Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard): Fixed missing selection in palette and fixed appearance of combo boxes in toolbar.
• Mac OS X: In-place-editing text field for frame and dialog titles now horizontally centered.
• Java code generator: Avoid unnecessary "bundle" variables when using own 'getString' templates in localization preferences.
• Java code generator: Assigning actions to buttons in nested classes did not work because the actions have been instantiated too late.
• Eclipse plug-in: Fixed casual activation of another view (Mac OS X only).
• IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed assertion when saving forms on project closing (since 3.1.1).
• Properties view: Changing "enabled" property of javax.swing.Action objects did not work.

3.1.1.1 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)

Bugs fixed

• IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed deprecated method ProjectImpl.getProjectFile() usage error in IntelliJ IDEA 7.0.

3.1.1

New Features

• Property editor for java.awt.Paint.
• I18n: Support specification of resource bundle key for TitledBorders.
• Support for JViewport.
• Java code generator: Possibility to specify whether to generate code on a form-by-form basis.
• Java code generator: Support for TableLayout implementation in another package.
• Eclipse plug-in: Added "Generate Java Code" command to designer toolbar.
• Updated JRE 6.0 in Windows setup to JRE 6.0 Update 3.
• Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 13.
• Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_16.

Bugs fixed

• FlowLayout properties not shown in Properties view when running on Java 1.4 or Java 5 (since 3.1).
• Eclipse plug-in did not work on 64-bit Linux (since 3.1).
• IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed IllegalAccessException: Class com.jformdesigner.yX can not access a member of class com.intellij.openapi.localVcs.LvcsAction$1 with modifiers "public".
• IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed assertion when using Perforce VCS.
• JBuilder plug-in: jbInit() converter replaced layout manager of custom beans, which already had set the layout manager in the bean constructor.
• JBuilder plug-in: "Add" buttons on "Native Library Paths" preferences page did not work.
• Stand-alone: Update unknown palette icons on project open.

3.1

New Features

• Animated layout changes in Design view.
• Preferences page "General" added.
• Relative font specification.
• JBuilder 2005/2006 plug-in. (for JBuilder 2007 use the Eclipse plug-in)
• Support Java 6 baseline layout extensions of GridBagLayout and FlowLayout.
• Support abstract classes as superclass of forms.
• Support JavaBeans that use native libraries (e.g. JOGL). Added "Native Library Paths" page to the preferences.
• Properties view: Use spinner component as cell editor for number properties.
• Properties view: Improved keyboard editing: Space key starts editing; other keys replace old value.
• Added "no layout (GenericIndexLayout)" to list of layout managers in "New Container" dialog.
• Test form: If form uses CardLayout, then show same cards in the test form as in the Design view.
• Improved ButtonGroup member visualization.
• Support for ButtonGroup subclasses.
• Java code generator: Possibility to generate initComponentsI18n() method, which can be used to switch locale at runtime.
• Preferences: Added "Import" and "Export" buttons to the IDE plug-ins preferences/settings dialogs for importing and exporting of JFormDesigner .prefs files, which are compatible with all editions of JFormDesigner (IDE plug-ins and stand-alone).
• Preferences: Possibility to export parts of the preferences.
• Preferences: Added "Restore Defaults" button to preferences/settings dialogs of stand-alone edition and IntelliJ IDEA plug-in.
• Stand-alone: Possibility to change order of classpath entries in project dialog.
• Updated JGoodies Looks to 2.1.4.
• Updated JGoodies Forms to 1.1.
• Updated TableLayout to latest release (2007-03-06).
• The runtime library jfd-loader.jar, which can be used to load .jfd files at runtime, is now open source licensed under the BSD license. Source code and javadoc are in the redist folder. jfd-loader.jar is now about 20kB larger because it is no longer obfuscated.

Bugs fixed

• If a spinner component is focused in a dialog, the ENTER and ESC keys now work as expected and close the dialog.
• Properties view sometimes lost focus after editing a property value.
• Eclipse plug-in: Improved reliability and stability of Swing/SWT integration (especially on Mac OS X and Linux).
• Eclipse plug-in: Fixed StackOverflowError while calling X11 error handler, which sometimes occurred on Linux/GTK.
• Eclipse plug-in: When renaming a component in Outline view, the editing text field was not focused on Linux.
• Eclipse plug-in: Failed to open forms if xercesImpl.jar is in <JRE>/lib/ext folder.

3.0.5

New Features

• Updated JRE 6.0 in Windows setup to JRE 6.0 Update 2.
• Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 12.
• Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_15.

Bugs fixed

• Java code generator: Fixed missing import statement for javax.swing.JLayeredPane when generating explicit imports.
• Java parser reported missing opening curly bracket for some field initialization code.
• Linux: Fixed NullPointerException on drag-and-drop in Structure view.
• Eclipse plug-in: Failed to open forms if something is wrong in the project's classpath.
• Eclipse plug-in: Failed to open forms under some circumstances with following message: "Attempted to beginRule: R/, does not match outer scope rule".
• IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed assertion when using Perforce VCS.
• Minor bugs fixed.

3.0.4.1 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)

• IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed "old lvcs is disabled" errors when using IntelliJ IDEA 7.0 EAP build 6951 (or later).

3.0.4

New Features

• Updated JRE 6.0 in Windows setup to JRE 6.0 Update 1.
• Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_14.

Bugs fixed

• IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed NoSuchMethodError errors when using IntelliJ IDEA 7.0 EAP build 6913 (or later).
• IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed exceptions when drag-and-drop components in Structure view in IntelliJ IDEA 7.0 M1 EAP (or later).
• Eclipse plug-in: Fixed occasional activating Eclipse window when switching to another application (since 3.0.1).
• Java code generator: Parser reported syntax error if component field annotation parameters contains '{' and '}' (Java 5).
• Java code generator: Fixed missing "bundle" variable when localizing only TitledBorder or JGoodies factory components (since 3.0.1).
• Java code generator: Insert event handler methods before javadoc of initComponents() method.
• Minor performance improvements for initializing "Choose Bean" dialog.

3.0.3

Bugs fixed

• Deleting components failed if the component or one of its descending components has Code Generation properties set (since JFormDesigner 3.0.2).
• GridBagLayout is now used as layout manager for button bars when creating new forms, except when using FormLayout or TableLayout for the content pane. This is to avoid the dependency on JGoodies FormLayout when using e.g. BorderLayout for the content pane.

3.0.2

New Features

• Java code generator can now generate member variables and getter methods for JToolBar.Separator components.

Bugs fixed

• IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Check boxes not shown in popup menus if the menu item has another icon.
• Feedback grids for GridLayout placed at wrong coordinates if component orientation is right-to-left and horizontal gap is greater than zero.
• Could not edit TitledBorders imported from IntelliJ IDEA forms.
• Java code generator: Fixed generation of invalid import statements for nested classes if generation of explicit imports is enabled in the Java Code Generator preferences.
• Java code generator: Fixed code generation failure when using a spacer component in a JToolBar.

3.0.1

New Features

• New Windows setup with bundled JRE 6.0.
• Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 11.
• Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_13.
• Mac OS X: Support for the Quaqua look and feel.

Bugs fixed

• Saving forms failed if non-visual beans have event listeners.
• Saving forms failed if color from Swing color palette is not available in current look and feel.
• Properties view not updated when removing events.
• Clicking JTabbedPane tabs in Design view did not activate tabs if tabLayoutPolicy is SCROLL.
• Eclipse plug-in: Closing JFormDesigner dialogs did activate random window when running Eclipse on Java 6.
• Eclipse plug-in: Fixed deadlock on opening multiple forms when running Eclipse on Java 6.
• Eclipse plug-in on Linux: Size of JFormDesigner editors and views not updated on resize when running Eclipse on Java 6.
• Hover selection not updated in Structure view on form changes.
• Feedback grids for GridLayout placed at wrong coordinates if component orientation is right-to-left or if the container has different sized insets.
• Shift+Click on column/row in header, when resize cursor is visible, did not select columns/rows between the last selected and the clicked column/row.
• Externalize Strings dialog: Locale combo was not updated after selecting a resource bundle.
• Client property values were auto-externalized in localized forms.
• Java code generator: Avoid unnecessary "bundle" variables in nested classes.

3.0

New Features

Eclipse plug-in

• Designer integrated as Eclipse editor for JFormDesinger .jfd files.
• Eclipse "Outline" view displays structure of form.
• Eclipse "Properties" view displays properties of selected components.
• "JFormDesigner Error Log" view automatically opens on errors.
• Wizard to create new forms. Select "JFormDesigner Form" in the "New" wizard.
• Uses the source folders and classpath of the current Eclipse project.
• Java code generator updates the .java file on every change in the designer if the .java file is open or when saving the form.
• Fold generated code in Java editor.
• Go to event handler method in Java editor.
• Two-way synchronization of localized strings in designer and in properties file editors.
• Integrated into refactoring: Copy, rename, move or delete .jfd files when coping, renaming, moving or deleting .java files.
• Menu "Form" in the main menu bar if a .jfd file is active.
• JFormDesigner preferences integrated into Eclipse preferences.
• Copy needed libraries (JGoodies Forms, TableLayout, etc) to the project and add them to the classpath. Optionally include source code and javadoc.
• Convert IntelliJ IDEA and NetBeans forms to JFormDesigner forms.
• Supports Eclipse 3.1, 3.2 or later (Mac OS X: Eclipse 3.2 and Java 6 DP 6 or later required; Linux: Java 5 or later required).

IntelliJ IDEA plug-in

• Designer integrated as IntelliJ IDEA editor for JFormDesinger .jfd files.
• IntelliJ IDEA "Structure" view displays structure of form.
• "JFormDesigner Error Log" view automatically opens on errors.
• Create new forms. Select "JFormDesigner Form" in the "New" popup menu.
• Uses the source folders and classpath of the current IntelliJ IDEA module.
• Java code generator updates the .java file on every change in the designer if the .java file is open or when saving the form.
• Fold generated code in Java editor.
• Go to event handler method in Java editor.
• Two-way synchronization of localized strings in designer and in properties file editors.
• JFormDesigner preferences integrated into IntelliJ IDEA settings.
• Assign shortcut keys to JFormDesigner commands in "Keymap" settings.
• Copy needed libraries (JGoodies Forms, TableLayout, etc) to the project and add them to the classpath. Optionally include source code and javadoc.
• Convert IntelliJ IDEA and NetBeans forms to JFormDesigner forms.
• Supports IntelliJ IDEA 5.0, 5.1, 6.0 or later.

Localization

• Updating properties files without loosing comments and order of keys.
• Use of resource bundles in any folder (within source folders).
• Change of resource bundle used in form.
• Select existing keys. In the Properties view click the small globe in a String property value to open the "Choose Key" dialog.
• Log missing resources to Error Log view.
• "Delete Locale" command added.
• New preference option "Copy localized messages when copying components".
• New preference option "append new strings to the end of properties files".
• Reload properties files on external changes.
• Localization of mnemonics.
• Externalize strings to any locale.

Design view

• Column/row headers: Resizing of columns/rows to change (minimum) size.
• New "Nest in Container" command in component context menu.
• Added "Auto-close Test Forms" option to "Test Form" drop-down menu.
• Test Form: Embed form into scroll pane if preferred size is larger than screen size.
• null layout manager: move selected components with Ctrl+ArrowKey and change size with Shift+ArrowKey. New commands "Make Horizontal/Vertical Space Equal" added to popup menu. All alignment commands have now keyboard shortcuts.
• Added "Use local variable" check box to Rename dialog.
• Support adding PropertyChangeListener for a specific property.
• Support for IntelliJ IDEA's layout manager GridLayoutManager.

Structure view

• No longer expand and scroll to components, which are under the mouse location in the Design view.

Properties view

• Support Java 5 enums in property values.
• Easy creation of nested action classes (javax.swing.Action).
• Enhanced TableModel editor: Specification of column widths, resizable flag, predefined values for combo box editor and support java.util.Date as column type.
• New property "Variable Name" introduced to allow equal variable names in nested classes.
• New properties "Location Policy" and "Size Policy" for java.awt.Window based classes (JDialog, JFrame, etc.) to control the initial location and size of the window. Default location policy is "Relative to owner" and default size policy is "Preferred size". Note: This is a minor incompatibility to previous versions, which did not set the location and size.
• Property editor for javax.swing.border.Border, java.awt.Font and javax.swing.Icon now supports usage of javax.swing.UIManager values.
• Property editors for javax.swing.ActionMap and javax.swing.InputMap (read-only).
• Property editor for java.awt.Image added. Allows setting iconImage of java.awt.Frame.
• Added property editors for char, java.lang.Character and java.lang.Boolean.
• Support for JComponent's client properties: Define client properties in the Preferences dialog and use them in the Properties view.
• Annotations for component variable (Java 5).

Palette

• New tab "JARs" in "Choose Bean" and "Add Beans" dialogs allows selecting classes that are marked as JavaBeans in the JAR manifests. This makes it easier to add beans from 3rd party libraries (like MiG Calendar or JIDE) to the palette.
• Hide unavailable components in history of "Choose Bean" dialog.
• Exclude classes without public "null" constructor in "Choose Bean" dialog.
• JRE components included in "Choose Bean" dialog.
• Reduced height of palette buttons to show more components.
• Added javax.swing.Action, horizontal Spacer and vertical Spacer to palette. Spacers are for use in IntelliJ IDEA GridLayout only.

Preferences

• Preference pages "Source Folders" and "Classpath" removed and replaced with a default project.
• Added page to define client properties for use in the Properties view.
• Added page to specify BeanInfo and PropertyEditor search paths.
• Localization: Template for new properties files.
• Java Code Generator: Specification of source compatibility of generated code, member variable prefix, etc.
• Added option to disable IntelliGap for JGoodies FormLayout.
• Specification of i18n getBundle() and getString() code templates.

Java code generator

• Renames existing event handler methods when changing the event handler name.
• Renames existing component getter methods and update the return statement when renaming a component.
• Renames existing nested classes when changing the "Nested Class Name" property.
• Updates the extends clause of a class when morphing a bean, which is connected to a (nested) class.
• Determine source compatibility of generated code from JRE. E.g. if JFormDesigner runs on Java 5, it generates Java 5 compatible source code. You can change the source compatibility level in the preferences.
• Parametrization of component class names (e.g. MyComponent<String>).
• Option to use 'this' to access component member variables.
• Optionally generate explicit imports (see Preferences).
• Specification of i18n getBundle() and getString() code template.
• Determine line separators when updating existing .java files.
• Support for non-local ButtonGroup variables.
• Generation of PanelBuilder code for JGoodies FormLayout.
• GridBagLayout: New option to use empty GridBagConstraints constructors (for Java <= 1.1).
• Java parser now allows curly brackets outside of class (e.g. for annotations).

Runtime library

• FormCreator: Added methods to get form model, locale, class loader.
• FormCreator: Allow overriding of methods to get i18n resource bundles and strings.
• FormComponentVisitor introduced to visit all components in a hierarchy.

Other

• Stand-alone: Simple project manager.
• Stand-alone: Import IntelliJ IDEA .form files. Either select "File > Import" from the main menu or drag .form files to the JFormDesigner window.
• Stand-alone: Improved start-up speed when many forms are open.
• Stand-alone: Reload form files and properties files on external changes.
• Updated BeanInfos for Java 6.
• Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 9.
• Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_12.
• Updated JGoodies Looks to 2.0.4.
• Updated JGoodies Forms to 1.0.7.

Bugs fixed

• FormLayout: Small constant sized columns/rows (e.g. 1dlu) no longer stretch when smaller than 5 pixel.
• Runtime library: Event handler methods not added to windows (JFrame, JDialog, etc) when specifying an owner.
• Fixed exception when removing last column/row in GridBagLayout or TableLayout.
• Swing palette colors did not use current look and feel.
• "Reopen" submenu was not updated on Mac OS X.
• Using JTabbedPane, JScrollPane, JSplitPane, etc. as superclass for new forms works now as expected.
• Fixed generation of uncompilable code when using null layout manager in JFrame.
• Fixed problem when saving SpinnerNumberModel on some VMs.
• Using TitledBorder may cause errors on save when JFormDesigner runs on Java 6.
• null layout did not compute minimal size.
• Minor bugs fixed.

2.0.5

New Features

• Runtime library: Added convenience methods to get menu components.

Bugs fixed

• Fixed application freeze when using animated GIFs.
• Fixed: Renaming button groups did not update references in menu bars.
• Fixed ClassCastException when setting tile icon of MatteBorder to default.
• Fixed in runtime library: Event handler methods not found in superclasses of target object.
• Java code generator: Fixed exception when using a menu bar in a JFrame and "Set Component Names" property is true.
• Java code generator: Fixed generation of uncompilable code when referencing a top-level component that is a nested class.
• Minor bugs fixed.

2.0.4

Bugs fixed

• Linux and Mac OS X: Fixed bug in Java parser which may partly corrupt generated code in case that the file contains multi-line comments with empty lines.
• Java code generator: Do not generate component getter methods for local component variables.
• Java code generator: Fixed missing import statement when using subclasses of Swing components.
• Fixed look and feel problem regarding JIDE components.
• Fixed ClassCastException when testing a form where a ButtonGroup is the first component.
• Minor bugs fixed.

2.0.3

Bugs fixed

• Localization: Do not auto-externalize excluded properties when editing properties.
• Fixed NPE when using FormCreator with event handlers and removing another event listener.
• Java code generator: Fixed missing import statement for java.awt.Toolkit in KeyStroke property editor.
• Added some missing Java 5 properties to BeanInfos of java.awt.Container and java.awt.Window.
• Mac OS X: Forward delete key works now as expected in text fields (in-place-editing, etc.).
• Minor bugs fixed.

2.0.2

New Features

• Assign "labelFor" property of labels in component context menu.
• Allow remove or reassign of refactored or unknown properties.
• Java code generator: Generate BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder() for empty EmptyBorders.

Bugs fixed

• Marquee selection no longer selects invisible components in JTabbedPane and CardLayout.
• Size of GridBagLayout panel too small in some situations.
• Column/row headers not always updated when moving a panel.
• Pasting non-visual beans may cause errors on save.
• "Restore Default Value" in Properties view did not use the current look and feel.
• Morphing did not remove read-only properties.
• Fixed exception when using JMenuBar and WinLAF look and feel.
• Java code generator: Fixed exception when using a menu bar and null layout in a JFrame.
• Java code generator: Fixed generated event handler invocation code for the case that the listener interface has a method with the same name as the handler method.
• Mac OS X: Command key now works as expected to add multiple components. No longer drops component to parent of container.

2.0.1

New Features

• Simplified moving and resizing of JScrollPanes in Design view: now you click on the child of a JScrollPane and then move or resize the JScrollPane including its child component.
• When morphing a bean from a non-scrollable component type to a scrollable component type, JFormDesigner asks to wrap the component in a JScrollPane.
• Java code generator: Generation of getter methods for for components.
• Possibility to exclude properties from code generation. This is useful to exclude table, tree, etc. models, which are set for prototyping purposes, from code generation.
• FormCreator: isSetComponentNames() and setSetComponentNames() added.

Bugs fixed

• Couldn't add menu items to subclasses of JMenu.
• Column/row grouping lines scroll out of visible area.
• Grid of GridBagLayout panel shown in wrong location in some conditions.
• Java code generator: Fixed line counting bug in parser on Linux, Mac OS X and other Unix systems when single-line comments contains multi-line comments.
• Java code generator: Fixed wrong evaluation of custom code variable ${field} when using a member variable prefix.
• Java code generator: Fixed wrong evaluation of custom code variable ${field_type} for JGoodies ComponentFactory components and nested classes.
• Fixed painting problem in Design view when using Liquid look and feel.
• Mac OS X: Increased row height of Properties view.

2.0

New Features

Design view

• Menu designer: Visual design of menu bars and popup menus, in-place edit menu item texts and drag-and-drop menu items. The component palette contains a new category "Menus".
• Internationalization support: externalize and internalize strings, edit resource bundles, add locales, switch locale used in Design view, in-place-edit text of current locale.
• Support for events: Add and remove event handlers, generates handler methods, also usable with runtime library (see documentation of method FormCreator.setTarget() for details).
• New "Morph Bean" command allows you to change the class of existing components without loosing properties, events or layout information.
• Layout manager changing.
• Marquee selection tool.
• Auto-insert new columns/rows when dropping components on a gap column/row.
• Auto-insert new columns/rows when adding or moving components outside of the existing grid.
• Improved moving of multiple selected components.
• Keep selection when moving components/columns/rows.
• Column/row splitting introduced.
• When adding a scrollable component, ask the user whether he wants to add a JScrollPane as well.
• Made colors of feedback figures in Design view brighter.
• Show tooltips when moving or resizing components.
• Highlight occupied areas under the current mouse location when adding or moving components.
• The Shift key now behaves the same as the Ctrl key while selecting components in the Design view.
• Possibility to specify a "Default alignment" for components in a column/row of GridBagLayout and TableLayout (as already supported by FormLayout). This is e.g. very useful for columns with right aligned labels because you specify the alignment only once and all added labels will automatically aligned to the right.
• Improved BorderLayout support when containing small sized children.
• Improved JTabbedPane support: reorder tabs in Design view, insert new tabs before other tabs.
• Support for GridLayout.
• Support for CardLayout.
• Support for JDesktopPane, JInternalFrame and JLayeredPane.
• null layout manager support.
• Support for non-visual JavaBeans.
• java.beans.Customizer is now supported.
• Support for right-to-left component orientation.

Structure view

• Drag and drop components in tree, drop new components to tree.
• Show events in tree.
• Highlight the tree node of the component which is under the current mouse location in the Design view.
• Show small overlay icons for component variable modifiers public, protected, default and private in Structure tree in case it is not the default modifier.
• New tree root node "(form)". When selected, allows specification of form global options in Properties view.
• "Expand All", "Collapse All" and "Hide Events" commands in toolbar.

Properties view

• Allow property value modification of multiple selected components.
• Remove property value when setting to the default.
• Improved handling or null value in property editors.
• "Restore Default Value" command enabled for Layout, Constraints and Code Generation properties.
• "Set Value to null" command added to popup menu.
• Added "Externalize String" and "Internalize String" commands to popup menu.
• Mark localized strings with a small globe in the property value.
• Show class hierarchy in tool tip of the "Class" property.
• The combo box to assign a component to the JLabel.labelFor property no longer contains JLabels so that the component list is shorter, which makes it easier to find the target component.
• Possibility to reference any (non-visual) JavaBean as a property value.
• The SpinnerModel editor now supports javax.swing.SpinnerDateModel and javax.swing.SpinnerListModel.
• Added property editor for java.awt.Cursor.
• Added property editor for javax.swing.KeyStroke. Supports menu shortcut modifier key (Command key on Mac OS X, Ctrl key otherwise).
• Improved border editor.
• MatteBorder is now supported.
• Show image dimensions and file size in icon editor.
• Added "Insert Variable" button to custom Java code editors.
• Improved error message of mnemonic property editor.
• Remove property value references to removed components. E.g. when removing a ButtonGroup object then also the references to this object are removed.
• Made "visible" property of java.awt.Component visible.
• Made "toolBar" property of SimpleInternalFrame visible. Now you can add a JToolBar to the Design view and assign it to the SimpleInternalFrame in the Properties view.

Palette

• Palette Manager allows the configuration of the component palette (add, edit, remove and rearrange categories and beans).
• New "Choose Bean" dialog that allows to search for classes in the classpath, history and palette.
• "Is Container" check box in "Choose Bean" dialog allows to specify whether a bean is a container or not.

Preferences

• Added support for custom Look and Feels.
• Added support for custom column/row templates for FormLayout.
• New preferences page "Localization" that allows the specification of properties, which should not externalized.
• Allow editing of Source Folders and Classpath items.
• Added "Edit" and "Insert Variable" buttons to Java code templates page.

Java code generator

• Generate shorter GridBagConstraints code (pass all values to the constructor).
• Added template for "Event Handler Body" to preferences.
• Specification of member variable prefix for component variables.
• Specification of default "Variable modifiers" and default "Use Local Variable" properties used for the whole form.
• Specification of event handler method modifiers (public, protected, private, etc). You can also use "abstract", which is useful if you subclass form classes.
• Possibility to generate code, which invokes java.awt.Component.setName() on all components. Works also in jfd-loader.jar.
• Variables for component fields and types in custom code.
• Modifier "static" for component variables.
• Code generator can now write Eclipse non-nls tags (//$NON-NLS-n$) and NetBeans no-i18n tags (//NOI18N). Enable it in the Preferences dialog.
• The Java code generator now orders the properties in the same order as you have set the properties in the Properties view. This makes sure that the generated code behaves the same as the "Test Form" command and solves problems where the property set order is important.
• Improved speed of Java code generator about 15%.

Other

• Import NetBeans .form files. Either select "File > Import" from the main menu or drag .form files to the JFormDesigner window. When saving a imported NetBeans form, JFormDesigner replaces the NetBeans generated code with its own code. If using NetBeans, you should remove (and backup) the .form files. Otherwise NetBeans would again replace the JFormDesigner generated code with its own code.
• JBuilder plugin to convert jbInit() methods to JFormDesigner forms. Download: www.jformdesigner.com.
• Clipboard paste improved.
• Changed keyboard shortcut for "Close" to "Ctrl+W" and "Close All" to "Ctrl+Shift+W".
• Added "Browse..." buttons for choosing class names to several dialogs.
• Linux: Added GNOME window decoration images.
• Better support of dark color themes.
• Possibility to specify persistence delegates (java.beans.PersistenceDelegate) for property values in property descriptors (java.beans.PropertyDescriptor). They are used while saving a form to a .jfd file.
• Now using always the read and write methods specified in the property descriptors to get and set bean properties.
• Improved error handling for "Test Form" command. You can now see the whole occurred exception in the Error Log view for easier analysis of the problem.
• Show window size and inner size of "Test Form" frame in window title.
• Improved exception handling when accessing BeanInfos.
• JGradientPanel example bean added (see <jfd-install>/examples/src/com/jformdesigner/examples/beans/JGradientPanel.java).
• New Windows setup with JRE 5.0 Update 5.
• Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_09.
• Updated TableLayout.jar to latest release (2005-09-20). Added TableLayout-javadoc.jar.
• Updated JGoodies Looks to 1.3.2.

Bugs fixed

• Design view: Fixed preferred size calculation of GridBagLayout panels.
• Design view: Improved performance of feedback figure painting.
• Design view: Better auto-numbering of copied components.
• Design view: Keep component sizes when moving components to null layout.
• Design view: Fixed layout problem when adding a JScrollPane to FormLayout, GridBagLayout or TableLayout.
• Design view: No longer caching icons used in forms.
• Properties view: Fixed wrong display of DLU4_BORDER and DLU7_BORDER.
• Properties view: Fixed minor problem in TableModel property editor.
• Properties view: Removed option EXIT_ON_CLOSE from property JDialog.defaultCloseOperation.
• Java code generator: Place "Post-Initialization Code" behind setting the layout manager.
• Java code generator: Fixed import statement merging bug.
• Java code generator: Fixed single-line comment recognition bug in parser.
• Java code generator: Generate JSplitPane.setTopComponent() and setBottomComponent() when orientation is VERTICAL_SPLIT.
• Java code generator: Fixed generation of Java code for alpha value of Color property values.
• Java code generator: Fixed generation of Java code for bevelType of BevelBorder.
• Fixed appearance of Ocean theme (Java 5).
• Linux: Fixed appearance of JComboBox in Design view when using Ocean theme (Java 5).
• Linux: Fixed NullPointerException and confusing "Open Form" error message when using "JGoodies Plastic" or "JGoodies Plastic XP" look and feels.
• Splitter between palette and designer jumps to the left when showing or hiding the Error Log view.
• Linux: No longer using GTK as application look and feel on GNOME desktops.
• Windows: Fixed occasional problems with "short" (8+3) filenames when double-clicking .jfd files in Windows Explorer.
• java.beans.Beans.isDesignTime() returns now always true. Previously, it returned false on "Test Form" command.
• Fixed class loader problem regarding JIDE components.
• Fixed class loader problem regarding l2fprod Common Components (requires 2005-01-30 release).
• Fixed some memory leaks.

Important: The .jfd file format has changed in this release. It is still XML, but some class names and the structure has changed slightly. This release can read all .jfd files created with previous releases (1.0 and 2.0 EA), but always writes the new format. The new jfd-loader.jar runtime library can read old and new .jfd files. Also the package names of the jfd-loader.jar classes has changed from com.ktauber.form.runtime to com.jformdesigner.runtime.

1.0.6

• Ported to Mac OS X.
• Fixed: Component variable modifier "final" disabled because it would lead to compiler errors.
• Fixed: Flag "Container blocks" in Java Code Generator Preferences will now saved.

1.0.5

• Fixed: Update Preferences dialog and internal states correctly after importing preferences.

1.0.4

• Fixed generation of Java code for bevelType of BevelBorder.
• Removed option EXIT_ON_CLOSE from property JDialog.defaultCloseOperation.
• config/persistenceDelegates.conf: fixed wrong example.
• Fixed appearance of Ocean theme (Java 5).
• Fixed generation of Java code for alpha value of Color property values.
• Better support of dark color themes.
• Improved error message of mnemonic property editor.
• Fixed some memory leaks.

1.0.3

• Improved BorderLayout support when containing small sized children.
• java.beans.Beans.isDesignTime() returns now always true. Previously, it returned false on "Test Form" command.
• Fixed wrong XML encoding when saving a form, which uses "(no border)" (was introduced in 1.0.1).
• Fixed some minor look and feel paint problems.

1.0.2

• Non-Commercial license.
• FormLayout: Columns/rows with size "default" now shrink in the design view if space is scare.
• GridBagLayout: Fixed wrong calculation of grid x/y when removing or moving first column/row.
• java.beans.Beans.isDesignTime() returns now true.
• Palette now disabled if no form opened.
• Minor bugs fixed.

1.0.1

• Added property editors for java.lang.Byte, java.lang.Double, java.lang.Float, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Long, java.lang.Short, java.math.BigDecimal and java.math.BigInteger.
• Added support for Quest's JClass Field beans.
• Added class FormSaver to runtime library jfd-loader.jar. This class can be used to convert a proprietary form specification to a JFormDesigner .jfd file.
• Added support to specify own persistence delegates for custom classes in property values. See config/persistenceDelegates.conf for details.
• Fixed persistence problems regarding custom classes in property values.
• Fixed problem in jfd-loader.jar regarding SimpleInternalFrame not showing title.
• Fixed memory leak: Memory of form not freed after closing form.

1.0

• Initial release.